All Hail Juno!

I just saw the teen pregnancy (and so much more) flick Juno. I know I’m a little behind, but I’ve been in France! What a fantastic movie. Ellen Page is remarkable and ridiculously talented, but anyone who saw Hard Candy knows that. She certainly deserving of the Oscar nomination, if not the win. But considering she’s only a 20-year-old badass, I think the Academy will choose one of the ladies who’ve paid their many dues (read: are older.)

It’s a funny movie for me to watch because I recognized more of myself in the Jason Bateman character (who, btw, I had a massive crush on in my pre-teen days) than in the baby-desperate female played by Jennifer Garner. Anyway, when I am supposed to “settle down” and give up the rockstar dreams to become a parent? I know this is a question that plagues plenty of my artist/musician friends, but it’s especially pressing for us females with this ticking time bomb of a biological clock.

I don’t know the answer to that. I am also idealistic enough to believe you never have to give up your dreams. I’m certainly not going to give up songwriting or making music or writing, whether I’m rich or poor, famous or obscure, pregnant or not. But then, who says we have to? Yes, I know all about societal conditioning, too, but after awhile that’s just another excuse, isn’t it?

As for Juno’s question about whether two people can love each other forever… I’m romantic enough to believe they can and realistic enough to know that it takes a lot of work. Here’s hoping I’m up for it.